The Swedish National Police Board, or Rikspolisstyrelsen is a Government agency concerned with police matters in Sweden. It is headed by the National Police Commissioner. The Government Agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Swedish Government. ...

The current National Police Commissioner is Stefan Strömberg (b.1951). 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

Departments

The National Police Board consists of two departments:

• The National Criminal Investigation Department, or Rikskrim.
• SÄPO, or Säkerhetspolisen, the Swedish Security Service

It is also the principal agency for the Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science. SÄPO (Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetavdelning, RPS/SÄK, literally the National Police Boards Department of Security), is the Security Service of Sweden, belonging to the Swedish National Police Board. ... An intelligence agency is a governmental organization devoted to gathering of information by means of espionage (spying), communication interception, cryptoanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public sources. ...

County Police Authorities

In each of the 21 Counties of Sweden there is a separate County Police Authority, which is headed by a County Police Commissioner. The principal agency for each of the police authorities is the respective County Police Board. The Commissioners and the Board members are all appointed by the Government of Sweden. A county, or län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. ... Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. ...

The County Police Commissioners report to the Government of Sweden, not to the National Police Board and by this it may seem that the National Police Board is not actually involved in the County Police matters. However, even if the County Police Authorities is not formally subject the National Police Board, it is still the central administrative agency for them and in practice this gives a it substantial amount of influence. A parallel to this is also seen in the relationship between the Judicial system of Sweden and the Swedish National Courts Administration. Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. ... The term Parallel has a number of important meanings: Parallel (geometry) occurs in geometry. ...

Before 1998, the County Police Authorities was supervised by the respective County Administrative Boards of Sweden, with the 21 County Governors as the highest authority for the police in each county. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A County Administrative Board is a Government appointed board of a County in Sweden. ... The Swedish Counties were run by Governors, appointed by the Swedish monarch, since their establishment in 1634. ...

External links

• Swedish National Police Board - Official site